Dr. Frederick Dickinson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Japan expert, joins the show to discuss that country’s pivotal role in the Great War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_I
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/japans-about-face-timeline-japanese-military-history/1168/
https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/
http://www.navyhistory.org/2014/11/world-war-i-centennial-symposium-the-thirst-is-real/
http://www.macarthurmemorial.org/DocumentCenter/View/1366/2014-WWI-Symposium-82814?bidId=
http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2001/frederick-r-dickinson
http://www.history.upenn.edu/publications/2013/frederick-r-dickinson
https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_SzUVNo8I
https://www.c-span.org/video/?322722-5/discussion-japan-world-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oSaG0WiD8
Great War ProjectThe war enters a chaotic phrase across the world, as several foreign armies fight for territory in disintegrated Russia and German troops begin to surrender en masse in the West.
http://greatwarproject.org/2018/08/05/fighting-erupts-across-the-east/
America Emerges: Military Stories from WW1The U.S. 28th Division engages the Germans in heavy street fighting for the towns of Fismes and Fismette.
http://www.edwardlengel.com/street-fighting-100-years-ago-28th-division-pennsylvania-national-guard/http://www.edwardlengel.com/portfolio/thunder-and-flames-americans-in-the-crucible-of-combat-1917-1918/
https://www.facebook.com/EdwardLengelAuthor/
http://www.edwardlengel.com/about/
The Great War ChannelWatch the Great War Channel for a succinct summary of the events of May, June, and July 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb3a78Baxz8
World War One Now Commission NewsCommission staffers took part in commemoration events for the centennial of the Battle of Amiens in France. Visit our international page to catch up on all the action.
www.ww1cc.org/international
International ReportTamsin Dillon and Emma Enderby join the show to discuss the Dazzle Ship Series project.
https://www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/dazzle-ship-series/
WW1 War TechThe subject of this week’s installment of War Tech is Dazzle Camouflage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zty8tfr
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/submarines_and_submarine_warfare
https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol19/tnm_19_171-192.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage#cite_note-Newark74-1
http://www.shipcamouflage.com/2_5.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDbq7y20wpw
100 Cities/100 Memorials Iowa WWI Centennial Committee Co-Chair Timothy Lane talks about Iowa in WWI, and two memorials in that state.www.ww1cc.org/100cities
Speaking WW1Our phrase this week is “Third Light”, referring to the potentially deadly consequences of lighting a third cigarette in a trench.
https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-is-it-bad-luck-to-light-three-cigarettes-with-one-match.htm
https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/10-first-world-war-slang-words-we-still-use-today/
Articles and PostsThe headlines from this week’s dispatch newsletter: Bells of Peace participation continues to grow, ‘Women in the Marines’, WW1 Centennial coin sets and silver medals from the US Mint, Purple Hearts and the First World War, and the story of doughboy Charles Benjamin Mead.
http://www.ww1cc.org/dispatch
http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/2015-12-28-18-26-00/subscribe.html
The BuzzOn social media this week, the discussion mainly revolves around the Battle of Amiens and events commemorating it.
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/commemorate/event-map-system/international-event-experience-page.html
http://www.centenarynews.com/article/100-years-ago---battle-of-amiens--start-of-the-hundred-days
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